First-year post-fire erosion rates in Bitterroot National Forest, Montana

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 998-1005

  Spigel, Kevin M ^a   Robichaud, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Hillslope erosion; Rainfall intensity; Silt fences; Site productivity; Water repellency; WEPP

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FIRES; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE STABILITY;

EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE EROSION; RAINFALL INTENSITY;

EROSION;

CARBON; EROSION; FIRES; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE STABILITY;

EROSION RATE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST FLOOR; HILLSLOPE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SILT; WILDFIRE;

CARBON; EROSION; FOREST FIRES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NITROGEN; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; SLOPE;

BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247220392     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6295     Document Type: Article

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